The National tribune., 1887-05-19
Information Lsked and Given.

Information is asked of James MaIloy. Capt
Barrett's company, Sd Mass. Cav, who was q
scout for Gen. Candy and was killed on the
old turnpike road near Montgomery, Ala,
while carrying dispatches from Gen. A. J..
Smith to Gen. Steele. Any one who can give
information concerIng his death will confer q
great favor upon his old mother BY addressing
III. A. Phillips. GAR. Memorial COMMITTEES,
room Ia, City Hall, Brooklyn, n. Y.
John Toepp. Co. A, 9th ". Y, Collins Gen.
ter, N. Y, replying to the question of Comrade
Bingham, York, Neb. in regard to the services
of the 9th n. y, says its first battle was Fair
Oaks, June 1, 1862 following which it partci-
pated in all the bates of the Army Of the Po-
tomac down TO the surrender of Lees army,
including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancel-
lorsyille, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsyiva-
MIA, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Appomattox
The writer inquiries to what regiment Col
Brooke belonged, who commanded the Fourth
Brigade, First Division, Second Corps, and
what regiments composed the brigade.
III. l.. Chapman, Co. f, 124th Ohio, Ridge
vile Corners, o., asks if there has ever been
published history of that regiment, and if so,
where he can get q copy.
Ben. Cooley, Co. X, 18th KY, vanceburg,
KY, served through the latter part of the war
BE says all the old soldiers in Kentucky have
gone back on President Cleveland since he We
toed the pension bill. He would be glad of
any information concerning his brother, John
Cooley, 10th KY, who was captured aud paroled
at Mount Sterling, KY, and some time after
the war went West.
J. p. Mundel, Urbana, o., would be glad to
see sketch of the history of PurnelPs Legion
and the battles in which it fought from 1861 to
1864, and what corps it was in at Fredericks-
burg, Antietam and Cold Harbor
w. L. Toilette, Plankinton, Oak, would be
glad to learn the whereabouts of Oscar Severn,
9th III. Any person who can give the infor-
nation will confer great favor upon his sister
Annie nj. krales, care James Nj. Murphy.
Troy, Mo-. asks information concerning Jacob
Krales, a Corporal in Co. G. Goth Ohio, who was
mustered out in 1868, at Nashville for disabil-
ity, and was last heard of in 1869, ut Pilot
Knob, No. He was shoemaker by trade, and
was born in France.
j. W. Smith, Co. II, 1st Ohio, Kendall. Pa,
asks information of his brother Franklin, who
left his home at Steubenville, o., in 1857 He
lived in Springfield, Iowa, until 1862, when he
enlisted in Co. III, 25th Iowa. After the war
he sold out and moved to Kansas, aud the
writer has not heard from him since 1875, when
he learned indirectly that he was living at
Georgetown, Colo.
Lost and Found.
r. r. Miller, Worthington, Mimi, has vet
eran badge or medal issued by the State of
Ohio TO Orville Kerr Co. ID. 18th Ohio.
Harvey Fox, Elkville, ILL.,, has the discharges
of William III. Williams, Co. G., 6lst ILL.,, and
Lewis Wagner, Co. X, 9Th Ill. He asks the adj
dress Of any member of Co. G, LIST Cav bat
TALON, Miss. Marine Brigade, which was com
manded by J. NJ. Hubbard also, the address of
Charles Conway, Co. g, Gid ILL.,
g. p. Barnes. Co. A, ID Mimi, Plainville,
Kan, says that as his regiment started to cross
the Long Bridge to participate in the grand
review of Sherman's army at Washington, he
left his knapsack at the spring near the end of
the bridge, and it was taken by somebody. 1t
contained some photographs which he would
be very glad to have returned
w. +. Wheadon, Ainsworth, Ind, has a
Henry rifle which bears the name Of Serg't
Jackson, Co. A, 65th Ind. The rifle is in good
order. and the owner or his friends can obtain
it by addressing as above
Alex. McCausland, Sunbury, Pa, has the dis
charge of Geo. Daniels, Co. Z, lIth Conn.
J. w. Cheney, Captain, Co. ID, 49th H., "a
Brainard ST., Detroit, Mich, has the discharge
of John Munro, Co. ID; 10Th Ill